| People from all over the world, and not just the | | | | clouds or haze. It is said that Mount Fuji's peak |
| Japanese people themselves, have planned to | | | | can only been seen clearly and unblocked by |
| climb Mount Fuji at least once during their lifetime. | | | | weather for ten days out of the every calendar |
| Millions more have traveled to Japan via Mount | | | | year. That rare occurrence perhaps adds to the |
| Fuji tour packages to experience the world | | | | mystic of the mountain. |
| famous mountain. Even though it is a dormant | | | | A more negative aspect of the attraction that |
| volcano, there are still risks involved in such an | | | | Mount Fuji holds for many individuals is the power |
| activity. What encourages normal, everyday | | | | and control it has over the immediate areas |
| people to throw caution to the wind and attempt | | | | surrounding it. While the volcano has been |
| to scale the mountain peak? | | | | dormant for centuries, geographical experts have |
| To first understand that, one must take into | | | | predicted that Mount Fuji is due to stir with |
| account the symbolism of Mount Fuji in both | | | | activity in time. Tokyo and many other cities |
| Japan and across the world. The mountain volcano | | | | could suffer a terrible fate if that were to happen, |
| is considered the tallest mountain in the country, | | | | and it is perhaps why there are also Japanese |
| with the highest point measuring over 12,000 feet | | | | legends which have led its people to worship gods |
| in height. As with many other well known | | | | and other deities that might be connected to |
| mountains across Japan, Mount Fuji has its own | | | | Mount Fuji, praying for their safety and peace. |
| legends that tell of its rise and fall, and permeates | | | | However, Fuji-san is also an enabler of economic |
| the folk stories of the Japanese. This has | | | | well-being, with numerous Mount Fuji hotels |
| cultivated both a love for and respect for the | | | | surrounding it, not to mention in Hakone and |
| snowy peak in the people. | | | | nearby resort towns. |
| The extent of their admiration for Mount Fuji can | | | | Perhaps the final sign of how much the volcano |
| be seen in the many other smaller Fuji-sans | | | | mountain is revered in Japan is the sight of its |
| sprinkled all across Japan. These are all smaller hills | | | | peak shown on the country's 1,000 yen note. It is |
| or mountain peaks named after the original | | | | also the most common denomination of the |
| volcano. There have also been many origami | | | | Japanese currency, and perhaps symbolic of the |
| books that have taught avid paper folders how to | | | | importance of Mount Fuji in the people's psyche |
| create a likeness of Mount Fuji using the art form. | | | | for it to be used in such a way. The life and |
| The emblem of Japan even dominates the | | | | death of millions of Japanese are held in the cradle |
| country's landscape, with a large portion of the | | | | of Mount Fuji's existence, and it is therefore hard |
| west of Tokyo taken up by its splendid view. | | | | to ignore the allure and attraction the beautiful |
| Mount Fuji is known to be an extremely shy | | | | mountain peak has throughout history. |
| mountain, with its peak often smothered by | | | | |